Foot massager



M. J. SVOREN FOOT MASSAGER April 17, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct.26, 1954 INVENTOR MARTIN d- SVOREN ATTORNEYS A ril 17, 1956 M. J. SVOREN2,742,037

FOOT MASSAGER Filed Oct. 26, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR MARTIN J.SVOREN ATTORNEYS leaves 29 and 3.0 of the switch and this end isprovided with an operating head 39.

The novel means employed for actuating theleaf 31 from the knob 14includes a substantially inverted U- sha st e il ent st p 40- T e ipinclu es depending .,,de le s 4 and 4.2 con ted by p ish Portion ,mentof t eresili nt s r p s i e by pr po 44 and 45. The leg 41 of theresilient strip, has formed n it o e end a i h si u a ly e te din f 46 ih is secured to the base plate The tension of the resilient strip 49 issuch that the leg 4; and the connecting bight portion 43 are normallyheld in a raised position and the connecting portion 43 adjacent to theleg 41 is provided t a ope ng 7 t ou h wh h h P t 4 e ds The onnflins bh POI O adja to the 2 is provided with an opening 45 through which canslidably extend the guide post 45' and the lower end of the leg 42 isprovided with an apertured foot 49 which slides on the lower end of thepost 45. Rigidly fastened to the hight Por on .3 s the s tsb h nd e o ko 14 and equ I 1y, this knob or handle is normally projected upwardlyslightly above the massage plate by the spring strip 40. Upon downwardpressure on the handle or knob 14 the spring strip will be flexeddownwardly and the leg 42 will slide on the post 45. Rigidly fastened bya screw 50 or the like is a right angularly' extending arm 51 and thisarm carries a depending operating post 52 in vertical alignment with theknob 39 on the resilient leaf 31 of the switch. The arm 51 is locatedadjacent to the leg 42 and is carried by the spring or resilient stripat the point of its greatest movement.

When downward pressure is exerted on the switch handle or knob 14, thepost 52 will'be depressed actuating the leaf 3 1 and snap the same in aquick action in electric contact with the strip 29 bringing about theclosing of the circuit through the alternating electromagnet 18. Uponrelease of pressure on the handle or. knob 14, the same will assume itsnormal raised position carrying the post 42 up so that the intermediateleaf will again flex and snap away from the leaf 29 into contact withthe stop,

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or thescope of this'invention but what I claim as new is p l. A foot massagingdevice comprising a casing having a top wall provided with atransversely extending opening and a foot rest-in front of said opening,an alternating electromagnet housed within said casing, an armature forthe electromagnet disposed directly below said opening, a foot massagingelement carried by the armature and pro- 'jecting' through said'opening,an electric switch for opening and closing a circuit through the magnet,means for 7 operating the switch including a flat plate" like knobprojecting through said opening and said foot massaging element having anotch in its forward end receiving said knob, the knob normallyprojecting a slight distance above said foot massaging element and inthe path of a foot placed unon said element. a 7

2. A foot massaging device as d fined in claim 1, the upper exposed edgeof said knob being curved transversely.

3. A foot massaging device as defined in. claim 1 and said footmassaging element including a plate extending transversely of the topwall and being curved transversely on an arc of a circle, the notch insaid element being in the front edge of the plate.

4. A foot massaging device comprising a casing having a top wallprovided with a transversely extending opening, an alternatingelectromagnet housed within said casing, an armature for said magnetdisposed directly below said opening, an internally threaded bosssecured to the armature, a massage plate having a stem threaded intosaid boss and said plate being disposed in said opening and partiallyprojecting through said opening, said plate having a notch in its frontedge, a snap switch in said casing for opening and closing a circuitthrough the electromagnet, means for actuating the snap switch includinga knob disposed within said notch and normally projecting slightly abovethe upper face of the plate.

5. Afoot massaging device comprising a casing having a top wall providedwith an opening, an alternating magnet housed within said casing, anarmature for. said magnet, a massage element carried by the armature andprojecting through said opening, a snap switch for opening and closing acircuitthrough the magnet including a contact leaf, means for actuatingthe leaf including an inverted U.-shaped resilient strip having one endanchored in the casing and the other end free, guide posts secured tothe casing and arranged therein upon which the strip is mounted, adepending operating post carried'by the strip adapted to depress theleaf upon downward movement of thestrip, and an operating knob for thestrip projecting through said opening.

6. A foot massaging device as defined in claim 5 and saidmassage elementhaving a notch for slidably receiving the knob.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,096,646 Thornton-Norris Oct. 19, 1937

